Sharing my experiences exploring the coal company ghost town of Landrus, PA (home of the first electric powered coal mine in the world). Encouraging others to contribute their relics, stories & questions. Long live Landrus.

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Could you please email me? I thought I had disabled the ability to leave anonymous comments.

Anyways, the spring is important because it is one of the remaining landmarks that appears on a "map" of Landrus. It is a crucial part of knowing where everything else is, in relation to it.

I also find the springs to be interesting because they were the main source of water for much of the town vs wells. There is only one well in Landrus, there are countless spring houses. There was also water piped down from Bear Run in wooden pipes to the "downtown" and water piped over from Nickel Run for the steam generator at the mine.